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DAVIS 278 DAVIS augrurated Feb. 22, 1862. Mr. Davis continued to be President of the South- ern Confederacy until his capture at Ii winsville, Ga., May 10, 1865, having left Richmond a few hours before Gen- eral Lee withdrew his troops, and after General Lee's surrender, when he was endeavoring to reach the Army of the West, He was conveyed to Fort Monroe, and indicted by the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia for treason. He was never brought to trial; never asked par- don, and only asked a trial; but, after two years' imprisonment, was released, at the instance of the Government, on bail, Horace Greeley becoming one of his sureties. He was included in the General Amnesty Act of Congress (Dec. 25, 1868). The last years of his life were spent at Beauvoir, Miss. He died in New Orleans, La., Dec. 6, 1889, and in 1893, amid imposing ceremonies, his remains were removed to Richmond, Va., and re- interred in Hollywood Cemetery. He wrote a narrative of the events of 1861- 1865. "The Rise and Fall of the Con- federate Government" (1881). DAVIS, JOHN WILLIAM, an Ameri- can lawyer and public official, born in Clarksburg, W. Va., in 1873. He gradu- ated from Washington and Lee Univer- sity in 1892 and afterward took a course in law at that institution. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1895 and in the fol- lowing year served as assistant professor of law in Washington and Lee Univer- sity. From 1897 he was engaged in the practice of law as a member of the law firm of Davis & Davis at Clarksburg, W. Va. He was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1899 and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904. In 1911 he was elected to the 62d Congress and was re- elected on the expiration of his term to the 63d Congress. He resigned in 1913 to accept the post of solicitor-general of the United States. He served until No- vember, 1918, when he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain by Presi- dent Wilson. He was a member of the American delegation for conferring with the Germans on the treatment and ex- change of prisoners of war, in 1918. Mr. Davis was prominently mentioned as a candidate of the Democratic nomination for president in 1920. DAVIS, KATHERINE BEMENT, an American public official. She was born in Buffalo in 1860, and graduated from Vassar College in 1892 and later received the degree of Ph.D., from the University of Chicago. From 1892-1897 she was in Philadelphia in charge of the college set- tlement work. In 1901 she became super- intendent of the Bedford Reformatory for girls, a position which she retained for 12 years. During her work as a penol- ogist she applied scientific laboratory work ill endeavoring to arrive at a right method in reforming delinquent girls and women. In 1914 Mayor Mitchel ap- pointed her Commissioner of Correction, she being the first woman commissioner ever appointed in New York City. She re- signed in 1915 and was appointed chair- man of the Parole Board of New York City, 1918. DAVIS, OSCAR KING, an American journalist, born in Baldwinsville, N. Y., in 1866. He graduated from Colgate University in 1888. He served as special correspondent on the New York "Sun" and other papers during the Spanish- American War and the Philippine Insur- rection. He also served as correspondent in the Boxer troubles in China in 1900 and in the Russo-Japanese War. He was secretary of the Progressive National Committee in 1912. He wrote "Our Con- quests in the Pacific"; "Dewey's Capture of Manila"; "The Storm Birds," "etc, ' DAVIS, REBECCA HARDING, an American novelist; bom in Washington, Pa., June 24, 1831. She contributed many short stories and sketches to peri- odicals, and has written several novels, including: "Life in the Iron Mills" (1861); "A Story of Today" (1861). published later under the title "Margaret Howth"; and "A Law Unto Herself" (1878). Her later works include: "Wait- ing for the Verdict"; "Dallas Gal- braith"; "Natasqua," and "Frances Wal- deaux." She died Sept. 29, 1910. DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING, an American novelist and contributor to periodical literature; born in Philadel- phia, April 18, 1864. He graduated at Lehigh University, and entered journal- ism in Philadelphia. His first purely lit- erary success was the story of "Gal- legher," based upon his newspaper expe- riences, and published with other stories in a volume (1891). Among his works are: "Stories for Boys" (1891); "Van Bibber and Others" (1892) ; "The Rulers of the Mediterranean" (1894) ; "The Princess Aline" (1895) ; "About Paris" (1895) ; "Three Gringoes in Venezuela and Central America" (1896) ; "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897); "The Lost Road" (1913), etc. In 1898 he was a war cor- respondent in Cuba and in 1900 he acted in the same capacity in South Africa and in the World War. He wrote a num- ber of successful plays, among them "The Galloper," "The Yankee Tourist," and "Vera, the Medium." He served as war correspondent during the first years of the World War. He died in 1916.